My final stop in the Balkans was Slovenia, the economic powerhouse of the former Yugoslavia and a charming country resembling Austria and Switzerland. In fact, I couldn’t really see how it fit with countries like Bosnia & Herzegovina or Macedonia – it was like chalk and cheese.

I’m sitting in Sarajevo, reflecting on a very hectic week, in which I visited 7 countries in 7 days. And yet it has been the most interesting, beautiful and puzzling part of my travels so far. If you have never been to this part of the world, then I suggest you book your flights now!

I am sitting at a small plastic table, on small plastic chairs, with sweat dripping from every exposed piece of skin I have, listening to a cacophony of horns as a constant stream of mopeds and trucks and ‘cyclos’ rush past me – Vietnam is certainly an assault on the senses!